Proportional and majoritarian balance changes. Shehu: "It is for the good of everyone", Abdiu: "It is against the law" PD's new electoral law: the opposition against it Yesterday round table, 13 parties surprised by the new draft Now Parliament must decide which of the two submitted drafts it should examine. So far, the draft from the 13 parties and the one that arrived yesterday from the PD have been published TIRANA - Fierce controversy, with PD promises of positive changes to the electoral law. Socialists have spoken out against the proposal, declaring that "if this draft is approved, we will make it clear to the people that it is unlawful and unconstitutional and that they should find a way to oppose it". At a time when PD Secretary General Tritan Shehu describes the change in the law as necessary, "how can we continue with laws taken from the communist Parliament" [?]. For Arben Imami, "it is a fascist project, since the commissions, TV and prosecutor's office are of the PD" [?]. On page 3 Tritan Shehu

Gramoz Ruçi testifies about 2 April. "Nothing new, no evidence and no new telegram, regarding the Shkodër事件", the former interior minister said yesterday after leaving the doors of the Tirana prosecutor's office. For more than two hours, Ruçi was yesterday at the disposal of the investigative team of the Tirana prosecutor's office to give explanations about the Shkodër incident The PS deputy was questioned by the investigative group about the "2 April" case Ruçi: Hajdari should show the evidence Former minister at the prosecutor's office yesterday Gramoz Ruçi testifies about 2 April. "Nothing new, no evidence and no new telegram, regarding the Shkodër incident", the former interior minister said yesterday after leaving the doors of the Tirana prosecutor's office. For more than two hours, Ruçi was yesterday at the disposal of the investigative team of the Tirana prosecutor's office to give explanations about the Shkodër incident On page 5 Gramoz Ruçi at the Prosecutor's Office yesterday

ELBASAN Cassette player thief arrested On page 5 TIRANA 19 years for the officer's killer On page 5 KORÇË Head of Public Order removed On page 5 SHKODËR New telephone exchange On page 5 FIER Court sentences former officer On page 5

Statement by the leader of the European Left, Akile Oketo Socialists in the International? "It needs Gjino Sh's recommendation" PS draws up the first electoral lists Pëllumbi and Majko candidates in Tirana TIRANA - Socialists are choosing the new...? at the PS headquarters, the nomination of candidates for MPs has begun. Servet Pëllumbi, Pandi Majko and Ermelinda Meksi, proposed two days earlier by the PS parliamentary group. Tirana is so far the city where the leaders of the largest opposition party have selected the candidates for MPs. So far because the place where many...? is not yet made clear. In the long project all candidates are waiting until the decision of the PS Leadership Committee. The names of Pëllumbi, Meksi or Majko will perhaps also be obtained in other structures until they remain those that the majority of Socialist members will want. Oketo On page 3 Pëllumbi Oketo

Statement by the Italian foreign minister Agnelli: "As soon as possible, Albania's association with the EU" Albania is on the verge of signing the association agreement with the European Union. This was stated in a declaration made yesterday by Suzana Agnelli On page 3 Suzana Agnelli

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TIRANA - Strict measures for everyone who will not keep the environment clean. The draft law prepared by the Ministry of Construction has provided for prison terms for all those who commit the serious violations covered by this law. According to the draft, waste has been defined as state property. This fact means that the waste collection service must respect several principles: eliminating the risk to a person's health and safety, guaranteeing hygienic-sanitary requirements, as well as protecting fauna and flora. On page 7

Lezhë, new $300,000 project by the owners of the factory Instead of bricks, now fish Mine pits are turning into reserves LEZHE - Instead of bricks, now also fish. This is how Zef Shtejfni, president of the largest brick production center in northern Albania, has been able to make use of the mine pits of the new factory in Lezhë. "Instead of our current use to the detriment of the environmental ecology [?], we decided to find a current use to the detriment of the environmental ecology [?]. Nearly 300 thousand dollars have been made available for the fabulous project. The deep pits will be filled with water and turned into fish reserves". All this will be carried out according to a Venetian model project [?], says Shtefjni, who nevertheless does not intend to give up brick production, in which he has invested staggering sums approaching 1 million dollars. So, instead of the expression "wet brick", in the Lezhë factory one could still say "fish brick". But to begin realizing the new "dream", Shtejnfi needs permission from the Government. "That is the only point holding us back. The productivity of this investment will be 30 times greater than what this land can yield" he explains. l.r.a

Nuclear Institute TIRANA - Radiopharmaceuticals are a great help to cancer patients. The news, we have learned, comes from the well-known laboratories at the Institute of Nuclear Physics. Since October of last year, production has started of "Ytrium 90" - the radioactive preparation that brings immediate pain relief in cases where cancer metastases spread to multiple bone sites. On page 7

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